Igwemma Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Igwemma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
Igwemma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igwemma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igwemma is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igwemma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Igwemma is the 1,129,067th most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Igwemma live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Igwemma is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria Igwemma is most frequent in: Enugu, where 34 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria Igwemma exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igwema | 92 | 6 | / |
| Igwenma | 86 | 62 | / |
| Igweama | 86 | 7 | / |
| Egwemma | 86 | 5 | / |
| Igweuma | 86 | 4 | / |
| Yigwema | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igwemmoh | 80 | 15 | / |
| Igwemmuo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ikwema | 77 | 130 | / |
| Igbema | 77 | 67 | / |
| Igwemo | 77 | 15 | / |
| Igweme | 77 | 12 | / |
| Igwama | 77 | 9 | / |
| Igwemi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Igwima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwemoh | 71 | 216 | / |
| Igwemho | 71 | 41 | / |
| Ingwima | 71 | 13 | / |
| Egwenma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Egwemah | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ikwuema | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekwemma | 71 | 2 | / |
| Yigwama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugwuema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugwomma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbeima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwuemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbeamah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwuemoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwemmoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Igwemma
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